1 Now there were at aAntioch, in the bchurch that was there, cprophets and dteachers: eBarnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of fCyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with gHerod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, athe Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me bBarnabas and Saul for cthe work to which I have called them.”

3 Then, when they had fasted and aprayed and blaid their hands on them, cthey sent them away.

4 So, being asent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to bCyprus.

5 When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in athe synagogues of the Jews; and they also had bJohn as their helper.

6 When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a amagician, a Jewish bfalse prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus,

7 who was with the aproconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God.

8 But Elymas the amagician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the bproconsul away fromcthe faith.

9 But Saul, who was also known as Paul, 1afilled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him,

10 and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you ason of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked bthe straight ways of the Lord?

11 “Now, behold, athe hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time.” And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand.

12 Then the aproconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at bthe teaching of the Lord.

13 Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from aPaphos and came to bPerga in cPamphylia; but dJohn left them and returned to Jerusalem.

14 But going on from Perga, they arrived at aPisidian bAntioch, and on cthe Sabbath day they went into dthe synagogue and sat down.

15 After athe reading of the Law and bthe Prophets cthe synagogue officials sent to them, saying, “Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it.”

A work which you will never believe, though someone should describe it to you.’ ”

42 As 1Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these 2things might be spoken to them the next aSabbath.

43 Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the aGod-fearing 1bproselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in cthe grace of God.

Paul Turns to the Gentiles

44 The next aSabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of 1the Lord.

45 But when athe Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were 1blaspheming.

46 Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you afirst; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, bwe are turning to the Gentiles.

48 When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying athe word of 1the Lord; and as many as bhad been appointed to eternal life believed.

49 And athe word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region.

50 But athe Jews incited the 1bdevout women cof prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their 2district.

51 But athey shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to bIconium.

52 And the disciples were continually afilled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.

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